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London, 8 February 2013 – UBS Global Asset Management lists three new exchange traded funds (ETFs) on the London Stock Exchange. The additional UBS ETFs are physical replication ETFs based on the Solactive commodities indices and will give investors access to gold, copper and oil.

UBS Global Asset Management offers investors looking to benefit from commodity markets movements three new UBS ETFs, providing them with efficient and UCITS-compliant product solutions for gaining exposure to gold, copper and oil via those companies involved in the exploration and production of these commodities.

Andrew Walsh, UBS Head of ETF UK: “These new ETFs give investors a UCITS-compliant option to gain access to individual commodities via physically replicating ETFs. The ETFs make up a widely diversified basket of global companies from the gold, copper and oil industries. The underlying constituents’ share price movements themselves have a strong correlation to movements in the respective commodities to which they are exposed. Changes in value of these underlying stocks within the indices have an immediate impact on the value of the ETFs.”

UBS-ETF Solactive Global Pure Gold MinersThe ETF is based on the Solactive Global Pure Gold Miners Net Total Return Index which currently includes 25 international gold mining stocks. The companies each have a market capitalization of USD 1 billion and all generate a minimum of 90 per cent of their sales from gold mining activities.

UBS-ETF Solactive Global Copper MiningThe ETF is based on the Solactive Global Copper Mining Net Total Return Index which currently includes 27 international copper producers. The market capitalization of each underlying constituent is above USD 200 million, are active in the exploration & production of copper and generally have a high correlation with the price of copper.

UBS-ETF Solactive Global Oil EquitiesThe ETF is based on the Solactive Global Oil Equities Net Total Return Index. This currently includes 25 international oil companies whose market capitalization is at least USD 1 billion. These companies generally have a high correlation with the movements in the price of oil.

The new UBS ETFs are available in two unit classes each: an attractively priced class “A“, and a class ”I“ which is offered to investors looking to trade in large volumes. The class “I” ETFs carry an even more competitive total expense ratio (TER) than the class “A”. The fund currency of all three newly listed UBS ETFs is USD. The ETFs in class “A” are traded on the London Stock Exchange in GBp, those in unit class “I” are traded in USD. Commerzbank AG ensures competitive liquidity on the secondary market with narrow bid/ask spreads for all UBS ETFs listed on the London Stock Exchange. All new UBS ETFs are domiciled in Ireland.

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UBS Exchange Traded Funds

UBS Exchange Traded Funds (UBS ETFs) have a long history of success in providing clients with investment solutions. The assets under management in UBS ETFs amount to more than EUR 9 billion. That makes UBS one of the leading ETF providers in Europe. UBS offers ETFs based on equities, bonds, real estate, commodities and alternative investments, along with impressive, innovative products that open up new opportunities to investors. Across Europe, investors have UBS ETFs tracking more than 80 indices to choose from. What makes them unique is the division of the ETFs on offer into different unit classes: a competitively priced share class "A" and a share class "I" offered at a lower fee level to large volume investors. UBS ETFs are listed on the Borsa Italiana, the German Stock Exchange (XETRA), the London Stock Exchange (LS), the OMX Nasdaq, the SIX Swiss Exchange, and the Stuttgart Stock Exchange. You can find out more about UBS ETFs at
www.ubs.com/etf.

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